Some Passages in the Life and Death of John, Earl of RochesterW. Nicholson, 1805 - 144 páginas |
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... nature and little fentiment . His Imitation of Horace on Lucilius is not inelegant or unhappy . In , the reign of Charles the Second began that adaptation , which has fince been very frequent , of an- cient poetry to present times ; and ...
... nature and little fentiment . His Imitation of Horace on Lucilius is not inelegant or unhappy . In , the reign of Charles the Second began that adaptation , which has fince been very frequent , of an- cient poetry to present times ; and ...
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... vexation of Spirit : though he had both as much natural wit , and as much ac- quired by learning , and both as much improved with thinking and ftudy , as perhaps any libertine of the the age ; yet , when he reflected on all 16 PREFACE .
... vexation of Spirit : though he had both as much natural wit , and as much ac- quired by learning , and both as much improved with thinking and ftudy , as perhaps any libertine of the the age ; yet , when he reflected on all 16 PREFACE .
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... natural to him , what by a civility become almost as natural , his converfation was easy and obliging . He had a strange vivacity of thought and vigour of expreffion ; his wit had a fubtilty and fublimity both , that it was scarce imita ...
... natural to him , what by a civility become almost as natural , his converfation was easy and obliging . He had a strange vivacity of thought and vigour of expreffion ; his wit had a fubtilty and fublimity both , that it was scarce imita ...
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... natural heat of his fancy , being inflamed by wine , made him fo extravagantly pleasant , that many , to be more diverted by that humour , ftudied to engage him deeper and deeper in intemperance ; which at length did fo entirely sub ...
... natural heat of his fancy , being inflamed by wine , made him fo extravagantly pleasant , that many , to be more diverted by that humour , ftudied to engage him deeper and deeper in intemperance ; which at length did fo entirely sub ...
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... natural temper that , being heightened by that heat , carried him to great ex- ceffes : a violent love of pleasure , and a disposition to extravagant mirth . The one involved him in great fenfuality ; the other led him to many odd ad ...
... natural temper that , being heightened by that heat , carried him to great ex- ceffes : a violent love of pleasure , and a disposition to extravagant mirth . The one involved him in great fenfuality ; the other led him to many odd ad ...
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Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester, 1680 ... Gilbert Burnet Vista de fragmentos - 1972 |
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